Is the JVC GC-PX100 good for night sky video? As in time lapse of the milky way or stars in a dark location?
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I havent found it useful in that regard. It didnt do very well with the recent Lunar Eclipse.
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It is supposed to be as described in the book "Nikon D3200 For DUMMIES". But you will need a VERY good tripod for ANY time lapse photography, camera or camcorder.
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Hi, for this Sony camcorder, it doesn't have night shot feature, however you may use "Twilight" settings under scene selection in which it maintains the darkening atmosphere of the distant surroundings in twilight scene. Hope this helps. -Ely
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This camera would give you a clear night picture of a person from 150ft away. You must be zoomed in and focused in order to capture the best quality. If zoomed out and try zooming in after recording, pixels will start distorting. This camera outputs hdsdi or composite video. For HD quality video 1694 coax cable is recommended instead of the standard coax and siemese cables sold. Hope this is helpful.
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The best camera I bought was by far the GW700TVC it will do everything you want.unbeavable night time pics.couts about 70.00
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I would advise you not to buy the 5-mp Celestron. The camera is good but the software does the images captured in Windows 8 .
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It's OK. If you have an outdoor light with motion-sensing capability that would help with image quality. This is my first system, so I don't have much to compare. So far this has been the best camera. I've purchased 3 different types. Lorex, another off brand, and this one. These are the best so far. The more IR lights a camera has the better night vision. 700TVL or higher recommended for any camera. Good luck!
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Use a tripod and have multiple batteries it should work fine. There will be a slight color distortion is shot during the day, but at night as with all full spectrum cameras you really need good lights to use with it.
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The unlimited exposure time for deep sky, low light shots. Unless you have an equatorial mount it won't do you a lot of good. There are a lot of 5 mp cams that shoot just fine for planetary/ high vis but you will quickly want something that can go farther. Additionally you can downgrade this one to an autoguider since it has an st4 output
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Solid clear night video range is about 75ft. Beyond that it gets grainy. Day is another story. Day range is great.
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The video during de night is very good. The quality of the video are only tested at a distance of six meters for me.
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it's night performance is WAY better than I expected, it gives a good contrast with noiseless in low light conditions. use a tripod for better results. but keep in mind that you are not using a DSLR.
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I can't say I'd recommend it but it can be used for some DSO's - a DSLR is better. It has a pretty small field of view since it's meant for planets. If you use a long exposure, you can see Deep Sky objects but you have to have good tracking at that magnification. Having said that I was able to get a decent picture of the Eskimo Nebula. I took a video and stacked the frames with Registax. The image was noisy but cleaned up pretty well in Photoshop.
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I've checked several websites that previewed the PJ650v. Apparently it does feature Night Shot, aside from the bigger model PJ790v. Although I don't see the assigned Night Shot button on the unit, it might be a feature in the menu selection. Might be worth emailing Sony to see if it does officially have it.
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Sure, you can use this one: Orion 53082 StarShoot G3 Deep Space Color Imaging Camera or any other eyepiece camera.
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Full disclosure- i use this as a patrol chest cam. It works OK at night, the HD 1080 picks up the best. It is in no way NVG or patrol vehicle cam sensitive. The best i can describe it is less than eyesight. Without artificial light it will pick up pin point light (like dashboard lights) but anything else is dark. It will see what your flashlight beam is on, but not necessary what your low beams on your vehicle is illuminating. I hope this helps.
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I don't think it can capture video that far at night, or trip the motion sensor. During the day it can film that far, but I don't think it will at night. This works better at around 12-15 feet in darkness.
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For Night Sky viewing you want a 50 mm lens or better.. like a 8X50 or so.. need bright lens to view stars or planets.. get the best you can afford. Tasco makes a good night vision binocular at a good price